Bill Simmons
Bill Simmons
William J. "Bill" Simmons IIIis an American sports columnist, analyst, author, and podcaster. Simmons first gained attention with his website as "The Boston Sports Guy" and was recruited by ESPN in 2001. At ESPN he wrote for ESPN.com and hosted his own podcast on ESPN.com titled The B.S. Report...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth25 September 1969
CityMarlborough, MA
CountryUnited States of America
school kids one-day
When I was in elementary school, we had the kid who threw chairs, the kid who stuttered, and the kid who went to the bathroom on himself ... but we never had the kid who came in one day and started shooting everyone.
sports impact empowering
I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. '30 for 30 had a big impact because I loved how that was about finding, empowering and working with these incredible directors, and I thought the same thing could work for writers.
writing golf swings
Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.
people worry
Don't worry about what other people are doing. Worry about what you're doing.
coffee highlights
Coffee is the highlight of my day. After coffee everything is downhill.
team people together
Our favorite teams bring people together, keep family members close, bond people from different generations. Some of the happiest moments of my life involve something that happened with one of my teams.
pierce
Has there ever been anyone quite like Paul Pierce ? No.
games brooks
Brook Lopez had a better game than Deron Williams
people refused
Even when all those things happened, they refused to give up on me. When most people would say, 'You stole from me. You're gone.' They refused to give up on me.
building closed entrances hectic last learn less parts routines smoothly year
It went more smoothly than it did last year. We had a year to learn the routines of the building, the entrances and exits. It was less hectic than last year because parts of the building had been closed off last year.
hard historical
It's hard to let go of something that has a lot of historical interest.
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Why should it matter to us when wrestlers are found dead in their beds or seen limping around on two fake hips? Why should it matter to us that there's a list of modern wrestlers who died before the age of 50 - many of them famous - and that the list is more than 70 names long? Hey, there's always another wave of guys on the way. Always.
best gave job needed owe
What I need to do and what I owe the world is my very best because it gave me the very best it had when I really needed it. And it's my job to give back the very best that I've got.